Links

Here you will find a collection of links to sites scattered all over
the Internet, on many different topics. The links are grouped by topic.
The topics discussed include children, psychology, computers, astronomy,
math, science, arts and music, government and criminology, humor and spoofs,
and others. It's really quite an eclectic links collection.

To open a link in the same browser window as the links page, left click
the link. Then click your browser's "Back" button to return here.

To open a link in a separate window, right-click the link and select
"open in new window". Then close that window to return here.

I tend my links garden from time to time, weeding out dead links and
adding new ones, so check in often to see what's new.

Michael W. Rivers, Editor
The resume of my friend Michael W. Rivers, who is currently looking
for employment in the field of film editing. If you're looking for
someone to help you in that area, give him a shout.

Renfairboy's Flickr Photo Stream
The Flickr photo stream of my friend Michael Drouillard,
who is a friend of wolves and other wild lifeforms, and a frequenter of
renaissance fairs (hence his AOL screen name "Renfairboy").

DJ Brian K's Site
This is the site of my friend Brian K. Henshaw in Carbondale, PA.
Brian's day job may be boring, but by night he's a swinging DJ. Planning
a wedding or party in Northeast Pennsylvania? Give DJ Brian K a call.

These are web sites of my fellow frequenters of the AIM chat room
"jrr tolkien" (private), and members of "The Litter Box" mailing list
(by invitation only). (As of January 2003, I am no longer a member of
The Litter Box.) If you are a fan of JRR Tolkien and would like to join
the group, email a brief letter of self-introduction to one of the members
below and ask to join; whether or not they'll let you in is their business.

These web sites are listed in alphabetical order of nickname, followed by
real first name. (Last names are withheld, except in cases where they
appear in the person's web site.)

Pundemonium
The web site of CozmoTC (Thomas). Thomas keeps a cool collection of puns
here. Have a pun? Send it to Thomas.

Jesse's Site
The web site of FeanorKing (Jesse). His site metamorphoses from
time to time. Go there to see what it's all about right now. (It might
not be the same as yesterday!)

Official AOL Intelligence Page
The web site of "Hack" (name: classified; AOL screen names: Elenaran
and h1acker3). This site has seals of many different intelligence agencies
in various countries around the world.

Olórin's Realm
The web site of 0lórin1050 (Jeff Michael). (Jeff's alter
ego is the wizard Gandalf, who was called "Olórin" in Valinor,
hence Jeff's nickname, domain name, and web-site name.) Jeff is an audio
engineer by trade, and also plays bass in his own band in his spare time.
Jeff is also an INTJ, and I like arguing politics and stuff with him.
(Hey Jeff... George Bush rules! :-P Just kidding!)

Carl Jung
A biograpy of Dr. Carl Jung (upon who's work MBTI is based), with a
description of Dr. Jung's psychological theories.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Simple Model
This is a simple run-down on the "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator", or
"MBTI", which is a theory which postulates that there are sixteen basic
inborn human personality types. This concept is based on the work of
Greek physician Hipocrates (circa 400BC) and Swedish Psychiatrist Carl Jung
(circa 1911AD), with additions and extensions by Isabel Myers and her mother
Katheryn Briggs (circa 1958). For more information, read Isabel Myers' book,
"Gifts Differing", and David Keirsey's book "Please Understand Me II", both
available at libraries and bookstores everywhere.

HTML 4.01
The starting point for anyone who is seriously interested in learning
Hyper-Text Markup Language. This is the most important page of the web site
of The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the people responsible for specifying
the standards for World Wide Web publishing. (The newest version of HTML is
XHTML 1.0 (see below), but that is really just a slight extention of HTML
4.01.
Study this page first.)

XHTML 1.0
W3C's XHTML page. (I recommend, however, that you learn HTML 4.01
first (see above), then go to this page to check out the
extentions.)

CSS Level 1
Cascading Styles Sheets, Level 1. The definitive guide
to the stylistic language of the world wide web.

Tucows
"TUCOWS" stands for "The Ultimate Collection Of Windows Software",
and it is just that. TUCOWS has a great collection of free software for
Microsoft Windows versions 3.xx, 9x, 2000, me, NT, XP. This is primarily
"Shareware", sold for a price, but you can download 30-day trial evaluation
copies in most cases. Some of the software stops working at the end of the
30-day trial period, but some doesn't. Also, one can find cracks to remove
the time limits, nags, splashes, and other problems with Shareware. Or, you
can pay some money to the author and get a license.

Driver Guide
This site has hard-to-find driver files for various different computer
peripherals, especially sound cards and modems. A great place to go if you
get your hands on used peripherals with no install disks and no manuals, or
if your hard disk crashes and you lose your driver files.

Hubble Space Telescope pics
Take a look at hundreds of breath-taking photos of places all over
the Universe made over the years by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mars Global Surveyor pics
Check out the latest photographs of the surface of Mars, from NASA's
spacecraft, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), now in orbit around Mars. MGS
carries the Mars Orbital Camera (MOC). The MOC was built by Malin Space
Science Systems (MSSS). (NASA and MSSS love acronyms, as you will
see if you visit their web sites.) These photographs are spectacular!
Explore a distant planet from your own living room! Never before has this
been possible. For me, this is a truely religious experience to finaly see
the surface of the one planet I have longed to visit all my life. It is a
dream come true.

Drexel Math Forum
The math forum site of Drexel University. This site contains
an extensive on-line mathematics library. It also has links to
thousands of math-related web sites, both within the
www.mathforum.org domain and elsewere.

Cern
The European Laboratory for Particle Physics. One of the world's
premier particle physics research facilities. Also one of the originators
of The World Wide Web and HTML, and a current member of W3C.

CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is responsible for
gathering, processing, and disseminating intelligence on national security
issues.

FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Feds. These folk investage
federal crimes such as bank robbery and fleeing across interstate lines to
avoid prosecution. If you see someone breaking a federal law, give your
nearest FBI Field Office a call.

Ten Most Wanted List
The FBI's "Ten Most-Wanted Fugitives" list. If you see any of these
persons in your neighborhood, call the FBI immediately! (There
are rewards for information leading to the arrest of these fugitives. But
more importantly, most of these folk have committed multiple murders. These
are very dangerous criminals who belong behind bars, not roaming the streets.)

My On-line Résumé
I'm always open to career advancment, especially in the computer
programming field. Want to hire me to do C/C++ programming for you?
Here you will find a description of my background, experience, and
qualifications.